SE Asia Stocks-Malaysia near 1-mth low; China data weighs on region

BANGKOK, March 10 (Reuters) - Malaysian shares fell to a

near one-month low on Monday amid heavy selling in Malaysian

Airline stocks after a Boeing 777 operated by the

airline went missing over the weekend while most markets eased

as weak Chinese data dented sentiment.

Malaysia's main stock index closed down 0.6 percent

at 1,822.06, its lowest close since Feb. 14. Malaysian Airline

System shares ended 4 percent lower, losing 18 percent at one

point to a record low of 0.205 ringgit.

About 385 million shares changed hands in the session, 9.15

times the full-day average over the past 30 sessions.

The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is an

"unprecedented aviation mystery", a senior official said on

Monday, with a massive air and sea search now in its third day

failing to find any confirmed trace of the plane or the 239

people aboard.

Other aviation-related shares were also weaker. Shares of

Malaysia Airports Holdings were down 1.7 percent.

Singapore's key index fell 0.3 percent after four

sessions of gains. Property shares such as CapitaLand

were among the losers amid expectations about slowing property

demand, according to a local broker.

Investors trimmed holding in commodities and coal mining

shares such as Indonesia's Adaro Energy and Thailand's

Banpu after weekend data showed China's exports

unexpectedly tumbled in February.

The Thai SET index fell 0.4 percent while

Indonesia's main index eased 0.2 percent amid caution

ahead of the central bank's interest rate reviews later in the

week.

Bank Indonesia was expected to hold its benchmark reference

rate unchanged at 7.5 percent at a policy meeting on

Thursday.

The Bank of Thailand's monetary policy committee is expected

to cut the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2

percent in a meeting on Wednesday to help the economy cope with

prolonged political unrest in Bangkok.

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS

Change on day

Market Current Prev Close Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 402.43 404.96 -0.63

Singapore 3126.63 3136.26 -0.31

Kuala Lumpur 1822.06 1832.26 -0.56

Bangkok 1349.05 1355.08 -0.44

Jakarta 4677.25 4685.89 -0.18

Manila 6487.23 6481.83 +0.08

Ho Chi Minh 583.69 579.75 +0.68

Change on year

Market Current End 2013 Pct Move

TR SE Asia Index* 402.43 388.37 +3.62

Singapore 3126.63 3167.43 -1.29

Kuala Lumpur 1822.06 1866.96 -2.40

Bangkok 1349.05 1298.71 +3.88

Jakarta 4677.25 4274.18 +9.43

Manila 6487.23 5889.83 +10.14

Ho Chi Minh 583.69 504.63 +15.67

* The Thomson Reuters South East Asia Index is a

highly representative indicator of stocks listed in Indonesia,

Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Stock Market Volume (shares)

Market Current Volume Average Volume 30 days

Singapore 169,124,000 232,728,793

Kuala Lumpur 127,615,100 134,248,253

Bangkok 5,919,806 5,474,604

Jakarta 3,683,566,600 3,408,652,393

Manila 49,221 85,459

Ho Chi Minh 145,026 133,265